#5B554F#5B554F

#5B554F is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.012 H 67.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B554F
RGB	rgb(91, 85, 79)
HSL	hsl(30, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(30, 13%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 13.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.53, 1.26, 4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.53, 4.55, 73.93°)
OKLab	oklab(45.33% 0.0047 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(45.33% 0.012 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9741, 9.2858, 8.7152)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5B554F #4F555B

analogous

#5B4F4F #5B554F #5B5B4F

triadic

#5B554F #4F5B55 #554F5B

tetradic

#5B554F #4F5B4F #4F555B #5B4F5B

square

#5B554F #4F5B4F #4F555B #5B4F5B

split-complementary

#5B554F #4F5B5B #4F4F5B

monochromatic

#191816 #3A3633 #5B554F #7C746B #9A928B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#5B554F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#5B554F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B554F

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B554F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B554F	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57554F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59564F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D5453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b554f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 85, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.012 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#898480',
    500: '#5b554f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b554f;
$custom-light: #898480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b554f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 7.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45332,
    "c": 0.0124,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B554F

secondary

#7D8389

accent

#94B078

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#F0EFEE

border

#CBCAC9

text

#0B0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B554F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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